Yicihui stone pillar

Yicihui stone pillar is located in Shizhu village, Dingxing County, Hebei Province. From the first year of Xiaochang (525) to the first year of Yong'an (528) in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Du Luozhou and Ge Rong led the uprising and moved to Dingxing. Later, they were defeated in the battle. The local people buried the bodies of the uprising soldiers together and built a memorial. It was originally made of wood. The Northern Qi government changed wood into stone, and carved "Ode to stone column" on the column to praise the merits of the imperial court, which is also called "yicihui stone column" Qi Shizhu, the ode to Shizhu engraved on the column objectively reflects the historical facts of the peasant uprising, which is a very precious material. The stone column is 7 meters high, which is divided into two parts: the column body and the stone house. The stone house is three rooms wide and two rooms deep. On the top of the single eaves hall, it is carved with roof, eaves, rafters, corner beams, brackets, brackets, columns and other building components. The front and back of the stone house are carved with Buddha statues. It is a imitation of the house model of the Northern Qi Dynasty. There is a stone plate between the column and the house. The upper end of the column is square, the lower part is octagonal, and the base of the column at the bottom is lotus shaped. There are more than 3000 inscriptions on the column, which record the uprising of duruo Zhou and gorong.

Yicihui stone pillar

Yicihui stone pillar, also known as the stone pillar of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty. It is located on a high platform in the northwest of Shizhu village, 10 kilometers west of Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, 250 meters away from the Yishui River in the north. It was first built in the second year of Daning (562).

Yicihui stone column has a special shape. The whole column is divided into three parts: foundation, column body and stone house, with a height of 6.65 meters. Dougong in stone house is the earliest physical remains of ancient architectural structure. The stone houses are carved in imitation of wood, the columns are rolled and divided, and the carving techniques are all important reference materials for the study of architecture in the northern and Southern Dynasties. The ode reflects the peasant uprising and the social situation at that time, and has a certain reference value for the study of the history of the southern and Northern Dynasties and the history of the peasant movement.

On March 4, 1961, the yicihui stone pillar was announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Historical evolution

Yicihui stone pillar, also known as the stone pillar of the Northern Qi Dynasty, has a history of more than 1400 years.

From the first year of Xiaochang (525) to the first year of Yong'an (528) in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Du Luozhou, Ge Rong, Han Lou and others led the uprising army to fight in several States, and then failed under the suppression of the whole country.

On April 17, the second year of Daning in the Northern Qi Dynasty (562), the local people in Dingxing collected the remains of the volunteers and buried them, and set up wooden columns as a sign. Later, the rulers of the Northern Qi Dynasty changed the wooden column into a stone column, and carved on the column about 3400 words "Ode to the stone column of yicihui in Biaoyi township" to describe the uprising, burial of bones and columns. At the bottom left of the title is the inscription "April 17, the second year of Daning (562)".

In 2011, Dingxing county organized the construction of stone pillar protection pavilion to avoid the damage caused by wind, rain and other natural factors.

Architectural features

overview

Yicihui stone column has special shape, exquisite design, exquisite carving and peculiar shape. The whole column is divided into three parts: foundation, column body and stone house, with a height of 6.65 meters.

Basics

Yicihui stone column is built on a hillside. Its foundation is a large stone, which is approximately square. The East and west sides are 2 meters long, and the north and south sides are slightly smaller. On the foundation stone, there is a column base covered with rosette. The rosette is a square stone about 1.23 meters wide and 55 cm high. The rosette consists of three parts: square platform, Xiaoxian and Fulian.

Column body

Yicihui stone column is 4.5 meters tall and is made of two sections of light brown limestone. The column is a non equilateral octagonal shape with four front faces 40 cm wide and four corner faces only 20 cm wide, which is actually like a square column with its edges cut off. The column body gradually shrinks from bottom to top, and shrinks about 2.5cm for every 1m high. The upper part of the column is about a quarter of the height. The southeast and southwest corners of the column have not cut edges to form a plane for engraving inscriptions. The "ode" and the title are engraved on all sides of the column.

Stone house

Yicihui stone house with stone pillars is built on the top of the pillars. It is a small house with three rooms wide on one side, two rooms deep, and four roofs with single eaves. The stone house is carved with roof, eaves, rafters, corner beams, buckets, aprons and pillars. The front and back of the stone house are carved with flame niche doors and Buddha statues, and the square windows are carved twice, just like a complete model of three halls.

A rectangular stone slab under the stone house serves as the foundation of the house and the cover plate of the column. On the bottom of the cover plate are carved lotus petals, rings, ancient coins, flowers and fruits, so that people can look up from below without monotony.

There is a flame niche in the front of the stone house, and a Buddha statue is carved inside the door. The face shape and backlight of the Buddha statues are in the carving style of the northern and Southern Dynasties.

Cultural relics

There are nine characters of "Ode to yicihui stone pillar in a foreign land" and more than 3000 words of "ode" on the pillar.

There used to be a sand dune temple on the high platform, but now there are only two stone steles.

History and culture

The shape of cultural relics

Stone column, in ancient Chinese architecture, belongs to the same type as Huabiao and Wangzhu. The earliest development should be from the wooden column, which is used as a symbol, commemoration and so on. There are records in Han Dynasty literature that stone pillars are erected in front of the ancestral hall of the tomb. For example, there is a record in the book of later Han Dynasty, the biography of King Yan of Zhongshan bamboo slips that "the road is opened in front of the tomb, and the stone pillars are built as the mark". In shuijingzhu, there are records of the stone pillars in front of Li Yunji in the later Han Dynasty. The existing objects include the tomb watch of Liu Jun, the Prime Minister of Han Lang, collected in the Shandong Provincial Library, and the tomb watch and stone pillars of Xiao Jing, Xinji, Xiao Ying, zhehong and Xiao Xiu of the Six Dynasties near Nanjing.

The yicihui stone pillar is of the same type as the above-mentioned stone pillar in front of the tomb, but it has more special features in architecture. At the top of the pillar, a small stone house is erected. This combination of stone pillars and stone houses is rare in the history of architecture.

Legends and anecdotes

In the last years of Xiaochang in the Northern Wei Dynasty (525-527), the government was corrupt, the class contradictions and the national contradictions became more and more intense, and finally the peasant uprisings such as duluozhou and Gerong broke out. Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty personally fought to suppress the uprising army. At that time, Dingxing area was the place where the rebel army and officers and soldiers fought. Although the uprising failed under the suppression, the Northern Wei Dynasty, which suffered a heavy blow, collapsed and soon collapsed. After the defeat of the rebel army, the corpses were everywhere. The local people gathered the remains of the rebel army and buried them together. At first, they were made of wood. Later, in the second year of Daning (562), the government of the Northern Qi Dynasty carved "eulogy" on the wood and named it yicihui stone pillar.

Cultural relic value

Yicihui stone pillars, stone houses and Dougong are the earliest physical remains of ancient architectural structure. The carved stone houses, the columns and other techniques are important reference materials for the study of architecture in the northern and Southern Dynasties.

The stone pillar of yicihui is different from the stone pillar in front of the ancient mausoleum. It is not a symbol of someone's tomb, but actually a monument with its unique architectural style.

The eulogy of yicihui stone pillar reflects the peasant uprising and the social situation at that time, which has a certain reference value for the study of the history of the southern and Northern Dynasties and the history of the peasant movement.

Yicihui stone column has a peculiar shape, tall and exquisite buildings, strong and powerful sculptors, with the style of the northern and Southern Dynasties; the characters are still clear and recognizable, and the calligraphy is simple and powerful, which has a certain reference value for the study of ancient calligraphy.

Cultural relics protection

On March 4, 1961, the yicihui stone pillar was announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In 2011, Dingxing county organized the construction of stone pillar protection pavilion to avoid the damage caused by wind, rain and other natural factors.

Tourism information

geographical position

Yicihui Shizhu is located in the northwest of Shizhu village, 10 kilometers west of Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province.

Traffic information

Starting from Baoding, take national highway 107 to Dingxing, and from Dingxing to the west, take Yixian Dingxing highway to Shizhu village.

Address: Shizhu village, northwest of Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province (0.1 M North)

Longitude: 115.668021

Latitude: 39.31276

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